köken: From Middle Dutch enge, from Old Dutch *engi, from Proto-West Germanic *angī, from Proto-Germanic *anguz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énǵʰus. Cognate with German eng, from Old High German engi.
terrifying, fearsome, frightening, scary (causing fear or anxiety) · terrifying, terrible (of a formidable nature; intense; extreme in degree or extent)
çekim: karşılaştırma τρομακτικότερος · üstünlük τρομακτικότερος
eş: τρομερός
köken: Learnedly from τρομάζω (tromázo) + -τικός (-tikós).
frightening, scary, terrifying · frightened, scared, afraid · creepy for its mysterious ability
köken: Semantic shift from Classical Japanese 強(こは)し (kofashi, “stiff, strong, tough”), modern 強(こわ)い (kowai). A folk etymology from the Ehon Hyaku Monogatari derives it from 狐(こ)者(わ)異(い) (kowai, literally “ghost of a glutton”).
By dissimilation from an older *temoroso, from temor, or possibly an Early Medieval Latin or Late Latin timorōsus, from Latin timor. Compare Portuguese temeroso, Catalan and Occitan temorós, Italian timoroso and English timorous.